Eevebsible garment



(NmMoaeL) I H. L. MELTZER.

REVERSIBLE GARNI-ENT.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

Patented vJuly 5,'1887..`

No. :a-5,841.

INVENTUR,

n ATTORNEY.

HERMAN L.v MELTZER,

OF NEW YORK, Y.

REVERSIBLEGARNIENT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 365,841, dated July 5,1887.

Application filed November 23, 1886. Serial No. 219,607. (No model.)

ToaZZ whom it mag/concern:

-Be it knownthatl, HERMAN L. MELTZER, a resident ofNew York city, in the county and State of'N ew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garments, of which the following is a specification.4

This'invention consists in a garment which is provided with buttons and buttonholes,the former being secured to the garmentat apoint contiguous to the boundary of the latter, whereby the button is adapted to be passed ih rough the buttonhole without being detached from its fastening and to occupy a pol sition upon either side of thegarinent, all substantially as hereinafter described and shown. The invention also consists ina reversible garment whichis provided with body, skirt, and cape portions, which latter is made integral with the material comprising theski-rte- -portion,"the"'sack orbody portion thereof made separate from and seamed to the skirt portion,said garment being provided with but-v tons and button-holes, the formerbeing secured to the garment at a point contiguous to the boundary of the latter, whereby the buttons are adapted to be passedthrough th'ebuttonholes without being detached from their fastenings, and to occupy a position chant/her side of the garment, all substantially as hereinafter described-and shown. -v

In the accompanying sheets of drawings the garment ofthe present invention is illustrated, and Figures l and 2 are front and rear views of the garment with its side outermost to present the appearance of. a Newmarket cloak. Figs. 3 and 4 are front and rear views of the garment with its side outermost'presenting the appearance of a Havelock77 or cape cloak. Fig. 5 is a view illustrating the garment of Figs. 1 and 2 spread out and showing the inner sidethereof. Fig. G is a secf tion on line 6 6 ofFigs. 2 and 5. Fig. 7 is an enlarged View of aportion of the lapel, illustrating the button and button-hole arrange, ment whereby the lsanne buttons nerve inthe use of the garment with either side out. Figs. 8 and v9 are sections on line .fr a: -and y y of the same. Figs. 10, 11, and 12 are horizontal or .transverse sections ofthe garment,illustrating the manner of employment of one series of buttons for use when either side of the garment isv worn outermost. Fig. 13 is a View l -illustrating the formation of thecape portion of the cloak in relation to the skirt portion.

- In the drawings, A represents a garment, (here shown in the form of a cloak) of vwhich B represents the body or sack portion,.Gthe skirt, D the sleeves, Eand E the cape, and the body portion offthe garment'is adapted to be buttoned at the front. The portionofthe'g'arment comprising the waist or body part is made separate from that comprising the skirt portion,and is seamed or sewed thereto. The `cape is made integral or in one piece with the. skirt portion, and without anyseam.

This garment is so formed as to be reversed or turned inside out, and when it is, as shown" in Figs. land 2, in the form of a Newmarket cloak, the cape `lies pendent on the opposite or inner side, as shown in Figsgandraud serves togivef'aj for'm vto the. garment in the manner of a bustle. -When desired, the garment canbe reversed,togetherv with the sleeves thereof, the cape portion thrown up overt-he.

- shoulders, and thus a garment of the form of acape-cloak is presented. This cape may be provided with buttons, loops, or other fastening devices for securing it in the proper position for wear.

The garment is provided with buttons G and button-holes H, for engaging said buttons and securing the garment closed. The garment is also provided with slits or holes J,

at the edge of which holesthe buttons G are secured,said buttons being placed upon thread, catgut, wire, or other dexible material, a, in such a manner that they may be made to occupy a position on either side of the material forming the Vgarmenaasis particularly shown in the drawings in the views of Sheet 2.

When the garment has been worn with either side outermost .and it -is reversed to be worn with its other side outermost, the buttons are on what would then be theinside or wrong side of the garment, andthe buttons have simply to be passed through their respective apertures J (their securing-thread a being slack enough to permit) to assurnea position on thev other or opposite side of the material, and for a proper and practical use.

drawings, Figs. 1, 7,.10,\11, and 12, each lapel L M respectively 'has its series of buttons G veach with its aperture J, and each lapel has a rooV In buttoning the garment, as shown in the l series of button-holes H H; and it wii be seen from this construction that the garment is what is welll .known as double-breasted?7 can be worn with either side out, and can 'be buttoned bythe buttons of either lapel; and, in addition to the buttons which are on the outside of one lapel and ,buttoned through the button-holes of the other lapel, the buttons of such other lapel'are also presented to view, if

desired, or they may be turned in and through their slits J to theinner side .of the lapel, and then will not be presented to View. 4

In the-drawings, Fig. 10 is asection representing the garment with one side out-#for instance, to 'form a Newmarket cloak-.-with its buttons of one lapel, L, buttoned through the buttonholesrH ot' theiother lapel, M, and the buttons G of such other lapel outermost, as shown; but, if 'desired,such buttons G may he turned in, as shown in Fig. 11, in which case they would not be exposed to view.

Fig. l2 represents a cross-section of the garment turned with its other side outermost, the buttons G also turned to the-then outside,

and it will be seen that the buttons G ot' the other lapel, M, 1naybe turned outermost to view'or left within, as shown .by the dotted lines.

i In Fig', 13 is represented the manner of iorming the skirt and cape in one and the same piece of material. ,It is desirable to so form a pattern-"such as stripes,checks or other designs-while the other side may be of a uniform color, and thus it will be seen thata garment'v of the character described may be worn,-

as described, to present the appearance of two different garments'as to the pattern, out, or shape, and also the appearance of en tlrely I di iierent garments as to thetexture of the goods.

of-which it is composed. l s 1 p Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire toA secure by Letters Patent,

' lfAfgarm'ent'providedwith abutton and skirt, and cape portions, whichlatter is made integral with the material comprising the skirt portionthe sack or body portion thereof made separate from and seamed to the skirt portion, and the garment being provided with buttons and button-holes, the former being secured to the garment at a poi-nt contiguous to the boundary of thelatter, whereby the buttons are adapted to be passedI through the button holes without being detached from their fast enings, and to occupy positions on either side 4of the garment, assetfo'rth.

In testimony that'I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses,thisj18th day of Septem per, 1886. c

l' AIntentan L. MELTZER.

Witnesses: v

WM. SEHARsBELLoWs, ALBERT DELOVEE PUCrER. 

